Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole travel guide
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Visit Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 21 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole is 333 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 22 km from Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole
Popular places to visit near Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole: these include Melle at 22 km and Parthenay at 26 km. Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 19km and La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (19km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (22km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (32km) : Laverré (42km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (19km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (30km) : Vouvant (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (22km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (30km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (36km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (44km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (45km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (26km) : Poitiers (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Maixent-l'École
Canton: Saint-Maixent-l'École
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79400
Distance to Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole
from Niort: 21 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 660 km
from Bordeaux: 177 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole (within 6 km): Auge : Exireuil : Nanteuil : Romans : Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent : Sainte-Neomaye : Saivres : Souvigne :
Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole